Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 36
भूदारोपि न भूदारं तथाकुर्याद्यथाऽन्यतः । सर्वा लिंगमयी काशी यतस्तद्भीतियंत्रितः
bhūdāropi na bhūdāraṃ tathākuryādyathā'nyataḥ | sarvā liṃgamayī kāśī yatastadbhītiyaṃtritaḥ
ಸ್ವಭಾವತಃ ಉಗ್ರನಾದವನೂ ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಬೇರೆಡೆ ಮಾಡುವಂತೆ ಉಗ್ರವಾಗಿ ನಡೆಯುವುದಿಲ್ಲ; ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಕಾಶಿ ಲಿಂಗಮಯೀ, ಆ ಪರತತ್ತ್ವದ ಭಯಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿತರಾಗುತ್ತಾರೆ।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī / Avimukta-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A panoramic vision of Kāśī where every stone, tree, and ghat subtly bears the mark of the Liṅga; fierce beings appear softened, heads bowed, as an invisible Śiva-aura restrains all movement.
FAQs
Kāśī’s holiness is grounded in Śiva’s all-pervading presence (liṅgamayī), which disciplines the mind and turns beings toward dharma.
The entire Kāśī-kṣetra as a manifestation of Śiva’s Liṅga-presence.
No explicit rite is prescribed; the verse states a theological basis for Kāśī’s transformative power.